To add to the amazing quote we saw on Saturday, here are a couple more I stumbled upon in a 2015 paper that were pretty mind blowing:
“Throughout this article we have demonstrated that emotions can affect respiration and respiration can also influence emotions, yet this well-established relationship is not utilized in conventional treatments. Breathing and meditation techniques are simple, easy, and cost effective yet they are not widely used as treatments.”
“We propose that these breathing techniques could be used as first-line and supplemental treatments for stress, anxiety, depression, and some emotional disorders.”
And for that last sentence, we know that they ended up being right because a recent 2023 meta-analysis showed just this 👏
P.S. I changed the order of the sentences to make them flow more logically.